2018 Patriot League men's basketball tournament

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The 2018 Patriot League men's basketball tournament was the postseason men's basketball tournament for the Patriot League for the 2017–18 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. It was held on February 27, March 1, 4, and 7, 2018 with the higher seed in each matchup hosting at their respective campus sites.

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2018 Patriot League men's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season201718
Teams10
SiteCampus sites
ChampionsBucknell (6th title)
Winning coachNathan Davis (2nd title)
MVPStephen Brown (Bucknell)
Attendance16,325
TelevisionPLN, CBSSN
 2017
2019 
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2017–18 Patriot League men's basketball standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
Bucknell162 .8892510  .714
Colgate126 .6671914  .576
Navy117 .6112012  .625
Lehigh117 .6111614  .533
Boston University108 .5561516  .484
Holy Cross810 .4441219  .387
Lafayette711 .3891021  .323
Army612 .3331317  .433
Loyola (MD)612 .333922  .290
American315 .167624  .200
2018 Patriot League tournament winner
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Bucknell defeated Colgate in the championship game to win the tournament and received the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament.

Seeds

All 10 Patriot League teams were eligible for the tournament. The top six teams received a first round bye. Teams were seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records.

With a win over Loyola (MD) on February 14, 2018, Bucknell clinched the Patriot League regular season championship for the seventh time in the previous eight years and earned the No. 1 seed.[1][2]

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Seed School Conf Tiebreaker 1 Tiebreaker 2 Tiebreaker 3 Tiebreaker 4 Tiebreaker 5
1 Bucknell 16–2
2 Colgate 12–6
3 Navy 11–7 2–0 vs Lehigh
4 Lehigh 11–7 0–2 vs Navy
5 Boston University 10–8
6 Holy Cross 8–10
7 Lafayette 7–11
8 Loyola (MD) 6–12 1–1 vs Army 0–2 vs Bucknell 0–2 vs Colgate 2–2 vs Navy/Lehigh 1–1 vs BU
9 Army 6–12 1–1 vs Loyola 0–2 vs Bucknell 0–2 vs Colgate 2–2 vs Navy/Lehigh 0–2 vs BU
10 American 3–15
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Schedule

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Game Time* Matchup Score Attendance Television
First round – Tuesday, February 27
1 7:00 pm No. 9 Army at No. 8 Loyola (MD) 79–82 413 PLN
2 7:30 pm No. 10 American at No. 7 Lafayette 86–93 1,774
Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 1
3 7:00 pm No. 8 Loyola (MD) at No. 1 Bucknell 78–83 2,492 PLN
4 7:00 pm No. 5 Boston University at No. 4 Lehigh 88–82 1,491
5 7:00 pm No. 6 Holy Cross at No. 3 Navy 81–65 667
6 7:00 pm No. 7 Lafayette at No. 2 Colgate 54–76 1,338
Semifinals – Sunday, March 4
7 12:00 pm No. 6 Holy Cross at No. 2 Colgate 55–62 1,279 CBSSN
8 2:00 pm No. 5 Boston University at No. 1 Bucknell 59–90 2,925
Championship – Wednesday, March 7
9 7:30 pm No. 2 Colgate at No. 1 Bucknell 54–83 3,946 CBSSN
*Game times in ET. Rankings denote tournament seeding. All games hosted by higher-seeded team.
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Bracket

First round
February 27
Patriot League Network
Quarterfinals
March 1
Patriot League Network
Semifinals
March 4
CBS Sports Network
Championship
March 7
CBS Sports Network
            
1 Bucknell 83
8 Loyola (MD) 78
8 Loyola (MD) 82
9 Army 79
1 Bucknell 90
5 Boston University 59
4 Lehigh 82
5 Boston University 88
1 Bucknell 83
2 Colgate 54
2 Colgate 76
7 Lafayette 54
7 Lafayette 93
10 American 86
2 Colgate 62
6 Holy Cross 55
3 Navy 65
6 Holy Cross 81

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